New! Summary report on the workshop on pre-2020 ambition: urbanization and
the role of governments in facilitating climate action in cities ADP.2013.18.InformalSummary

The workshop facilitated sharing of experiences on implementation of policies that national governments are
putting in place to incentivize climate change actions in two urbanization related thematic areas of
transport and buildings, including examples of complementary policies and
actions of national, regional/state and local governments. Workshop also heard about international
cooperative initiatives, including efforts of private sector and civil society, in supporting different
levels
of government in implementation of measures in transport and building thematic areas.